. >> we don't have to fly to amsterdam anymore. >> do you think you're going to be alive? you're closing in on 80, keeping in mind it's still against federal law to smoke pot. do you think you'll be alive when it's legal in all 50 states? >> oh, i don't know. i would hope so. you never know about those things. that's a tricky situation. >> you don't like to predict the future? >> no, no. kink y friedman in the prologue to this book, and i'm paraphrasing, he said basically one of the reasons you didn't fit in so well in nashville was your pot-smoking. did you ever consider giving it up? >> oh, i gave it up a bunch of times. >> did you ever consider giving it up for good? >> not really because i haven't seen any side effects that really are harmful to me, you know. i'm the canary in the mine. i'm 80 years old. check me out, you know. >> you said something to our producer when he was talking to you about this book and i think he asked you the question. did you learn something about yourself, willie, when you wrote the book and i like what you said. i've always been pretty sur